Skyfish, also known as Rods, are allegedly insect-like creatures that zip around in the air so fast that they're nearly impossible to see with the naked eye. The "evidence" of their existence is in the form of video footage. Of course, instead of some new cryptid or UFO-related phenomena, the Rods might actually be video artifacts or tricks of light. But that wouldn't be as interesting. And Japanese farmer Kozo Ichikawa wouldn't have anything to catch. The 64-year-old tangerine farmer claims that he angles for the skyfish and snatches them out of the air with his bare hands. According to an article in the Mainichi Daily News, Ichikawa's talents are featured in a DVD produced by Rods researcher Jose Escamilla. The image seen here is clipped from Escamilla's "RODS Timeline." From the Mainichi Daily News article:
While no samples of living skyfish are in captivity, nor have any samples been found for that matter, the sexagenarian farmer has no doubts that they exist.
"When I was a little kid, I used to catch them all the time," he tells Cyzo. "Now, though, the environment's gone bad and you've got to go deeper and deeper into the mountains to see them anywhere…."
Considering Japanese eat more fish than any other people on the planet, how would the skyfish go down at the local sushi bar? Not well at all, according to Ichikawa, who says skyfish aren't for consumption.
"You don't eat skyfish," he says. "You just catch them and then release them again. That's all. Mind you, if you did eat them, I guess they'd probably taste a bit like nata de coco (a healthy, jelly-like Filipino food produced from coconut milk)."
Link (Thanks, Paul Saffo!)
